Bromelia hieronymi

Bromelia hieronymi is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae native to Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

[1] It is one of several plants used by the Wichí people as a fiber for weaving called chaguar.

It has anti-inflammatory agents that are secreted by the fruit.

[2] Bromelia hieronymi is allogamous, self-incompatible and also displays clonal reproduction.

It can also produce seedless fruit that develop without fertilization (parthenocarpy).